I've been performing meditation twice a day for
about six months now. Lately I haven't been able to hold
my posture straight and this physical pain is preventing me
from deepening my meditation. I have two questions: would the use
of a cushion hinder any progress that I might make without one in
developing the muscles needed for a good meditation posture? Also,
are there other ways to alleviate my pain (mostly in the upper thigh
and lower back) that I could use that don't involve material support?

I was a vegetarian,
but gave it up. I would like to begin again, can you help me? Also,
what kind of food should I feed a child?

Is everything happening in my life pre-arranged
by God? Is the future pre-determined? If so, where is my free
will? Does God guide my life or am I to
be fully responsible for what I do?

What is moksha? Is it the
merging of unit consciousness into Cosmic Consciousness? Does meditation
help in attaining moksha or what more should be done in order to
attain it?

My question is quite personal, but I know a lot of people may have the same plight as mine. I have been struggling so hard to make my dreams come true but it seems that good fate does not favor me in many ways. Sometimes I almost run out of hope and wallow in self-pity. Is there such a thing as luck and how can one know if we're making the right decision at the right time? Does everything happen for a reason or is everything a circumstantial mistake?

I've read your answer on the question about luck. I would like to ask some related questions: Why don't / can't we remember our past lives? Is there any way to remember them? What about people who claim that they can see or read someone's past and future?

Having been interested in Ananda Marga for quite some time as a path to realization, I am attracted to its holistic nature balancing devotion/meditation/social/action/etc. but I felt it pertinent to ask for a personal perspective on what type of enlightenment experiences are common for people who follow Ananda Marga? I feel that there should be at least some glimpsing of the Oneness and therefore easing to some extent of the fear inherent in the ego trapped at a dualist perspective.